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Turkey’s main opposition accused of hypocrisy in stance on replacement of pro-Kurdish mayors

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) was accused of hypocrisy for its support of the Turkish government’s practice of removing mayors  –- mostly...

Turkey hails Ä°stanbul talks as ‘most significant progress’ of war

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said talks Tuesday between Russia and Ukraine in İstanbul marked the "most significant progress" since war broke out between...

Amnesty report: Turkey failed to address deep flaws in judicial system in 2021

Looking back on human rights violations that took place in Turkey throughout 2021, Amnesty International on Tuesday said in its annual report that the...

S&P Global cuts Turkey’s growth forecast for 2022: report

S&P Global cut its 2022 GDP growth estimate for Turkey by more than 1 percentage point due to the effects of the war in...

ErdoÄŸan announces yet another round of VAT cuts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has announced cuts to the value-added tax (VAT) on a number products to fight inflation, which has surged to...

Forensics council shouldn’t be only decision-maker in ill inmates’ cases, medical union chair says

Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a prominent human rights activist, doctor of forensic medicine and head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), has said Turkey’s Council...

Turkish court orders arrest of previously released defendants affiliated with religious cult leader

A Turkish court has issued arrest warrants for 61 of 68 defendants who are standing trial along with a religious cult leader on various...

Death of Kurdish teenager in police target practice area might be explosion-related: report

The death of Muharrem Aksem, a Kurdish teenager whose body was found in a police target practice area in southeastern Turkey on March 24,...

Turkish prosecutors order detention of 64 over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 64 people, including former police officers and teachers in addition to civil servants, due to alleged...

Russia, Ukraine begin talks in Ä°stanbul

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators began face-to-face talks in Ä°stanbul on Tuesday shortly after 10:30 am (0730 GMT), Agence France-Presse reported, citing the state-run Anadolu...

115 Turkish journalists subjected to violence, 241 appeared before a judge in 2021: report

One hundred fifteen journalists were subjected to physical violence in Turkey last year, and three out of every five journalists have received threats during...

Fugitive convicted of aiding in murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist extradited to Turkey

A Turkish citizen who was sentenced to 12 years, six months in prison for his role in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...

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